Midnight Alpha by Carole Mortimer

Author:Carole Mortimer [Mortimer, Carole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Carole Mortimer; 1 edition (May 17, 2015)
Published: 2015-05-16T23:00:00+00:00

“Where the hell did you learn to do that?”

Gaia had known the question would come. Had expected it. Eventually.

To give Gregori credit, he had been more patient than she’d expected. After pulling his sweatpants back on he’d made them both a cup of coffee and then sat down opposite her at the kitchen table. All without a word having been spoken by either of them.

Until now.

Gaia cradled her hands about her coffee mug as she took her time answering him. Not because she was embarrassed by the question, but because just looking at Gregori now made her chest hurt in a way she couldn’t explain. Didn’t want to explain. Even to herself.

Especially to herself.

Gregori’s remoteness was becoming a challenge she couldn’t resist, especially when she knew beneath his coldness there was a man who possessed such passion it sent both of them up in flames. So much so that Gaia climaxed just from making love to Gregori.

She couldn’t allow herself to fall for this man. She didn’t want to love anyone. The people she loved died. First her mother. Then Angela. Even the father she had never known. She daren’t allow herself to feel anything for Gregori, other than this desire neither of them seemed able to resist.

“Not that I’m complaining,” he added at her continued silence. “That—what you just did to me—was the most intense sexual experience of my life”

Some of the tension eased from Gaia’s shoulders at this admission of how much she had pleasured him. Not that she had ever doubted it. She had known by Gregori’s rough and guttural words that he was once again totally out of control.

She gave a sigh. “Before you get the wrong idea about me completely, let me assure you that I’ve only ever had three lovers.”

“Three,” he repeated slowly.

She smiled teasingly. “I realize you’ve had many more than that.”

“I’ve had encounters, not lovers,” he corrected softly. “A lover is someone you have a relationship with other than sex. I haven’t had even one of those.”

“No conversations like this over cups of coffee in the middle of the night?” she said huskily.

“No.”

Gaia believed him. She already knew how regimented Gregori’s life was, how everything had to be planned down to the last detail, for his own security. That sort of life didn’t allow for a long-term lover. “Well I haven’t had any encounters, so that sort of makes us even.”

“Sort of,” he agreed wryly.

She nodded. “I had my first lover when I was nineteen. He was a guest lecturer at my university and a good twenty years older than me.” She looked up to give a slight smile when she heard Gregori’s breath catch in his throat. “No, he didn’t seduce or take advantage of me. He wasn’t married, and it was all consensual. The relationship lasted for three months, and I wanted what we had together.”

Gregori took a sip of his coffee before answering her. “Did you love him?”

“I—appreciated him,” she answered carefully. “He was gentle and kind, at a time when I didn’t have a lot of gentleness or kindness in my life.

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